last i knew someone bought this place at court house auction. was last owned by rudy pinzinoclosed as theater in early 1960s during 70,80,90, it was a bar.
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forgot to mention if you have ATT as internet provider you probably wont be able to bring it up.
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There is now a picture of this Theater at sjml.net46.net/jo2.jpg
The address of 1526 Parkview is CORRECT if you click on the photo then newspaper adds you will see it says 1526 Parkview sometime from when it closed barnards auto the address changed to 1206 alabama. When i have sometime i will check with the city directory at the library to find out when.
The Rialto Theatre Grand Opening Add in The St Joseph Newspress was Thursday 21October1926 The Add says The Sun Amusement and Realty Takes great plesure In Announcing the opening of New, Beautiful Rialto Theatre (A Purely St Joseph Organizational) The Movie shown was Douglas Fairbanks In The Black Pirate. There were no adds in the paper for several days after the opening i had to go to Monday 25October1926 to find this info.
I did find a picture of the Rialto Theatre. If people want to find it and look at it. Go to the Missouri Theater in Cinema Treasure scroll down to Revest266 to view link click on- then click on Browse all newspapers-click on the Letter S SCROLL DOWN TO St Joseph Gazette go to 1920 then to 1926 then to month October 22,1926 picture is on page7 with a article upper middle of the page.
During the time this was the Cameo Theater it opened as Adult movie Theater and was still showing adult movies untill its last day. Was still showing adult movies when it opened as the Astro.
I forgot to mention when i was there on Monday 28November2011 a nearby train with the horn blaring. This instantly brought bck memories when this would happen when the movies would be playing and drowning out all sounds of the movies. I use to think during the movies the train engineers would do this on purpose. But there is a major railroad crossing about a block a way from where the Drive-In Theater was.
On Monday 28November2011 i went to the Auto Salvage yard called Barnards Auto Salvage this is where the Old Drive-In Theater use to be called Cowtown/Parkview. As it turned out the owner was a old class mate of mine. The only thing still standing from the Drive-In days was the concession stand, bathroom and Projection booth room all in the same building. This building looks like it could fall down at anytime. The next time im in St Joseph i plan on taking some pictures of it.This is still amazing since this was one of the 3 drive-Ins that were here in the 50,60,70s
The address is 1526 Parkview I TRIED from the Rialto picture of getting a shot of this which is about 4 blocks from each other i was only able to get to the entrance the camera wouldnt go down the dirt road about 20 yards from the street.
I forgot to also mention the 70,s in June1976 the Rialto was already a Tavern the owner had a room in the back at NorthWest side where the exit for the Theater use to be on Gordon street. In June1976 the owner rented that part of the building out and my mother and another woman named Judy opened up a Flower shop called Judy’s Flower Barrel it stayed opened for 3 yrs until they moved to another location.The Flower shop is no longer opened. But i remember going down the ramp of the back room to where the Theater part was the screen was still there and the seats. The light was very limited as i couldnt find where the light switch was located the front part of the Theater is where the tavern was located it took up about a 1/3rd of the size of the Theater. The back room was so small you could only get about 8 people in there. I wish i had taken some pictures of it when i went down there. I dont know if the seats and screen are still there.
The Tootle Theater opened on 9December1872 according to article in the 8December1972 St Joseph newspress called Centennial for the Tootle Opera House. This building is still there at 504 Francis called the Pioneer Building. It is currently the oldest Theater Building past or present in St Joseph Mo. The last date for movie Theater was17December1931 during parts of the 1920,s it was closed. Served as a Temporary postoffice in 1939.
The Penn Theater was located at 26+Penn SOUTHEAST CORNER ran from about 1921-1926, 1927 became the Revere Theater currently it is a Senior Apartment called Danford Hall.Info came from the 1920,s St Joseph Mo phone Directory
The Park Theater was located at 10th +Mitchell st info from the 1920,s phone directory
The Olive Theater opened sometime about 1921 then became years later the Plaza Theater on 19th+Olive i am stil, researching as to when it opened and changed the name.
The Rivoli Theater i believe was also called the Uptown Theater there is a picture of it the web site Memory Lane St Joseph Mo
Sorry i did not put the year of the fire was Friday 20October1972. The last regular schedule daily date for the Parkview Drive-In Theater was Tuesday 7August1979 last movie shown was Invasion of the Body Snatchers + Coma. On Wednesday 8August1979 the add in the newspaper said Parkview is now closed for the season this add ran for 2 days. The manager of the Theater did reopen for a one night special anywhere from 1-3years later after this closing of 1979. I have been trying to find the add in the newspaper. The movie that night was Attack of the Killer Tomatoes, i dont remember if there was another movie that night or not but they did have a wet teeshirt contest for the women that night. Yes i was there. The thing i remember the most besides the contest and movie was the manager was the only one working. The concession stand was closed. The car speakers and poles were all removed, the sound came from large stero type speaker boxes just right outside concession stand.
Opened on Friday 30May1952 last movie shown was on Sunday 15October1972 the movies were The Cowboys with John Wayne and Skin Game With James Garner on Friday 20October Firemen responded to a fire in the concession stand at 12.08AM and did not return to there station until 2.43AM. On Saturday 21April1973 It reopened under a new name called the Parkview Drive-In Theater the movies were Big Jake and RIO LOBO with John Wayne PLUS Lee Marvin in Monte Welch the add says ALL NEW SNACK BAR- YOU WILL LOVE IT
On Wednesday 27June1973 THe FOX EAST Hills Theater showed the MidWest Premiere of the movie called Papermoon with Ryan O Neal + Tatum O Neal. This was a big deal in St Joseph Mo this movie was filmed and produced in St Joseph area.
Please update the street to the East Hills Mall located at the SouthEast corner of Belt+Frederick i have tried to update it in the picture but was unsuccessful. The Fox was located at the SouthEast side of the mall. The current picture is about 6-8 miles souht of the Mall. location
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Dec 11, 2011 at 10:53 pm
Grand Opening was Friday 26June1942 The movies were The Smiling Ghost with Wayne Morris,Brenda Marshall + a 2nd movie with WM. Hopalong Cassidy Boyd in Wide Open Town.
Admission 15 cents.
Last date opened Saturday 11May1957. On Friday 4April 1958 the Orpheum Theater was sold the article in the paper said it will not be used as a Theater again. it was scene of half-century of stage productions,silent movies + talking movies. The Orpheum was gutted by fire on Jan23 1933 and was rebuilt and reopened in October same year. The Orpheum was raised on Thursday 15May1958 according to an add in the St Joe Newspress taken out by a local bank at the time.
This Theater is located at the NorthEast corner of Illinois + Gordon. I have found another Theater called the Savoy Theater that was located at the Southwest corner of Illinois + Gordon. Address 302 Illinois if you move the camera around you will see it says Southside Hall. I got the Info from the 1921 St Joseph Phone directory. The 1927 St Joseph phone directory has both the listing of the Rialto and Savoy. The 1928 phone directory was last year of listing for the Savoy Theater. I have 2 theories about the Rialto and Savoy. 1.Rialto put the Savoy out of bussiness and the 2nd possible theory is both places could have been owned by the same person and when the Rialto opened was lot bigger then the Savoy and be came more successful with the owner closing the Savoy. During the 80’s + 90’s the Rialto and Savoy buildings were both owned by the same person as a Tavern. During the 80’s + 90’s the Savoy Building was used as Bingo parlor on Thursday nights and could only seat about 150 people. On other days +nights they would have wedding receptions and class reunions.
TP on December11,2011 at 12.45pm
First opened as the Pallace Theater sometime during the winter of 1922-23.
Info came from the St Joseph Mo 1922-23 Winter section of Phone directory.
last i knew someone bought this place at court house auction. was last owned by rudy pinzinoclosed as theater in early 1960s during 70,80,90, it was a bar.
forgot to mention if you have ATT as internet provider you probably wont be able to bring it up.
There is now a picture of this Theater at sjml.net46.net/jo2.jpg
does anyone remember when it was tore down im pretty sure there was picture of it before it was tore down.
chuck do you remember when it closed exactly i remember driving by it wheni was stationed at whiteman afb
does anyone remember the drive in that was on hwy 13 just about ¼ mile south I-70 i remmeber it was still opened in 1986-87
The address of 1526 Parkview is CORRECT if you click on the photo then newspaper adds you will see it says 1526 Parkview sometime from when it closed barnards auto the address changed to 1206 alabama. When i have sometime i will check with the city directory at the library to find out when.
Sorry correct spelling only L in Palace
First opened as the Pallace Theater on Thursday 21Dec1922 Movie Shown that day-Song of Life. Years later became the Regal.
If you look at the picture dated 23October1926 st Joseph Gazette you can see how the building has changed over the years.
The Rialto Theatre Grand Opening Add in The St Joseph Newspress was Thursday 21October1926 The Add says The Sun Amusement and Realty Takes great plesure In Announcing the opening of New, Beautiful Rialto Theatre (A Purely St Joseph Organizational) The Movie shown was Douglas Fairbanks In The Black Pirate. There were no adds in the paper for several days after the opening i had to go to Monday 25October1926 to find this info. I did find a picture of the Rialto Theatre. If people want to find it and look at it. Go to the Missouri Theater in Cinema Treasure scroll down to Revest266 to view link click on- then click on Browse all newspapers-click on the Letter S SCROLL DOWN TO St Joseph Gazette go to 1920 then to 1926 then to month October 22,1926 picture is on page7 with a article upper middle of the page.
During the time this was the Cameo Theater it opened as Adult movie Theater and was still showing adult movies untill its last day. Was still showing adult movies when it opened as the Astro.
I forgot to mention when i was there on Monday 28November2011 a nearby train with the horn blaring. This instantly brought bck memories when this would happen when the movies would be playing and drowning out all sounds of the movies. I use to think during the movies the train engineers would do this on purpose. But there is a major railroad crossing about a block a way from where the Drive-In Theater was.
On Monday 28November2011 i went to the Auto Salvage yard called Barnards Auto Salvage this is where the Old Drive-In Theater use to be called Cowtown/Parkview. As it turned out the owner was a old class mate of mine. The only thing still standing from the Drive-In days was the concession stand, bathroom and Projection booth room all in the same building. This building looks like it could fall down at anytime. The next time im in St Joseph i plan on taking some pictures of it.This is still amazing since this was one of the 3 drive-Ins that were here in the 50,60,70s
The address is 1526 Parkview I TRIED from the Rialto picture of getting a shot of this which is about 4 blocks from each other i was only able to get to the entrance the camera wouldnt go down the dirt road about 20 yards from the street.
I forgot to also mention the 70,s in June1976 the Rialto was already a Tavern the owner had a room in the back at NorthWest side where the exit for the Theater use to be on Gordon street. In June1976 the owner rented that part of the building out and my mother and another woman named Judy opened up a Flower shop called Judy’s Flower Barrel it stayed opened for 3 yrs until they moved to another location.The Flower shop is no longer opened. But i remember going down the ramp of the back room to where the Theater part was the screen was still there and the seats. The light was very limited as i couldnt find where the light switch was located the front part of the Theater is where the tavern was located it took up about a 1/3rd of the size of the Theater. The back room was so small you could only get about 8 people in there. I wish i had taken some pictures of it when i went down there. I dont know if the seats and screen are still there. The Tootle Theater opened on 9December1872 according to article in the 8December1972 St Joseph newspress called Centennial for the Tootle Opera House. This building is still there at 504 Francis called the Pioneer Building. It is currently the oldest Theater Building past or present in St Joseph Mo. The last date for movie Theater was17December1931 during parts of the 1920,s it was closed. Served as a Temporary postoffice in 1939. The Penn Theater was located at 26+Penn SOUTHEAST CORNER ran from about 1921-1926, 1927 became the Revere Theater currently it is a Senior Apartment called Danford Hall.Info came from the 1920,s St Joseph Mo phone Directory The Park Theater was located at 10th +Mitchell st info from the 1920,s phone directory The Olive Theater opened sometime about 1921 then became years later the Plaza Theater on 19th+Olive i am stil, researching as to when it opened and changed the name. The Rivoli Theater i believe was also called the Uptown Theater there is a picture of it the web site Memory Lane St Joseph Mo
Sorry i did not put the year of the fire was Friday 20October1972. The last regular schedule daily date for the Parkview Drive-In Theater was Tuesday 7August1979 last movie shown was Invasion of the Body Snatchers + Coma. On Wednesday 8August1979 the add in the newspaper said Parkview is now closed for the season this add ran for 2 days. The manager of the Theater did reopen for a one night special anywhere from 1-3years later after this closing of 1979. I have been trying to find the add in the newspaper. The movie that night was Attack of the Killer Tomatoes, i dont remember if there was another movie that night or not but they did have a wet teeshirt contest for the women that night. Yes i was there. The thing i remember the most besides the contest and movie was the manager was the only one working. The concession stand was closed. The car speakers and poles were all removed, the sound came from large stero type speaker boxes just right outside concession stand.
Opened on Friday 30May1952 last movie shown was on Sunday 15October1972 the movies were The Cowboys with John Wayne and Skin Game With James Garner on Friday 20October Firemen responded to a fire in the concession stand at 12.08AM and did not return to there station until 2.43AM. On Saturday 21April1973 It reopened under a new name called the Parkview Drive-In Theater the movies were Big Jake and RIO LOBO with John Wayne PLUS Lee Marvin in Monte Welch the add says ALL NEW SNACK BAR- YOU WILL LOVE IT
On Wednesday 27June1973 THe FOX EAST Hills Theater showed the MidWest Premiere of the movie called Papermoon with Ryan O Neal + Tatum O Neal. This was a big deal in St Joseph Mo this movie was filmed and produced in St Joseph area.
Please update the street to the East Hills Mall located at the SouthEast corner of Belt+Frederick i have tried to update it in the picture but was unsuccessful. The Fox was located at the SouthEast side of the mall. The current picture is about 6-8 miles souht of the Mall. location
Grand Opening was Friday 26June1942 The movies were The Smiling Ghost with Wayne Morris,Brenda Marshall + a 2nd movie with WM. Hopalong Cassidy Boyd in Wide Open Town. Admission 15 cents.
Hickory Theater Opened on Saturday 1September 1923 the 1st movie starred Mary Pickford in (Tess of the Storm Country.
Last date opened Saturday 11May1957. On Friday 4April 1958 the Orpheum Theater was sold the article in the paper said it will not be used as a Theater again. it was scene of half-century of stage productions,silent movies + talking movies. The Orpheum was gutted by fire on Jan23 1933 and was rebuilt and reopened in October same year. The Orpheum was raised on Thursday 15May1958 according to an add in the St Joe Newspress taken out by a local bank at the time.
TP ON December11,2011 12.52pm
This Theater is located at the NorthEast corner of Illinois + Gordon. I have found another Theater called the Savoy Theater that was located at the Southwest corner of Illinois + Gordon. Address 302 Illinois if you move the camera around you will see it says Southside Hall. I got the Info from the 1921 St Joseph Phone directory. The 1927 St Joseph phone directory has both the listing of the Rialto and Savoy. The 1928 phone directory was last year of listing for the Savoy Theater. I have 2 theories about the Rialto and Savoy. 1.Rialto put the Savoy out of bussiness and the 2nd possible theory is both places could have been owned by the same person and when the Rialto opened was lot bigger then the Savoy and be came more successful with the owner closing the Savoy. During the 80’s + 90’s the Rialto and Savoy buildings were both owned by the same person as a Tavern. During the 80’s + 90’s the Savoy Building was used as Bingo parlor on Thursday nights and could only seat about 150 people. On other days +nights they would have wedding receptions and class reunions.
TP on December11,2011 at 12.45pm First opened as the Pallace Theater sometime during the winter of 1922-23. Info came from the St Joseph Mo 1922-23 Winter section of Phone directory.